Denise Kinney
Director
Denise Kinney is the founder and Director of Music and Mindfulness, a summer learning program for musically advanced high school students from underserved backgrounds. Most recently, Denise stepped down from a 15-year tenure in nonprofit leadership. In 2005, she succeeded her mother, Welthie Fitzgerald, the founder and Executive Director of Musicopia, an arts-focused, Philadelphia-based charity. Under her leadership, Musicopia grew to serve more than 12,000 students from low-income backgrounds each year through more than 2,000 outreach programs.
Denise holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Widener University and a master’s degree from Villanova University. She currently works as an RN for Christiana Care Home Health. Over the course of her career, she has held several senior leadership roles in healthcare, including in hospitals, acute rehabilitation, and long-term care. She has been a foster mom, and she is an avid equestrian and an amateur violinist.
